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Press Release
Parks Group Demands Truth: History of Slavery Cannot Be Erased From Our Parks
The decision to remove this photograph from the interpretive displays at national parks is as shameful as it is wrong.
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Press Release
BLM Moves to Roll Back Public Lands Rule, Threatening National Parks and Public Access
"Our public lands should serve everyone, not just oil, gas, and mining interests."—Beau
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Press Release
House Dismantles Central Yukon Plan, Jeopardizing America's Largest Park Landscape
"Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting America’s largest national park…
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Blog Post
6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place
NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests. See how healthy, roadless national forests benefit national parks, larger ecosystems, and the people and…
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Blog Post Park Service Programs You Benefit From, But May Not Know About The National Park Service contributes more to our country than you might realize — including conservation and history in your own backyard.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1366 & H.R. 4090 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 3, 2025.
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Policy Update Position on H.J. Res. 106 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote the week of September 1, 2025.
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Blog Post National Pastimes Did you know that several minor league baseball teams have monikers inspired by national park sites and the places and stories they preserve?
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Blog Post A Picture of What Can Be: Cuyahoga Valley National Park This land’s unlikely victory proves that national parks can evolve into centers of community, agriculture and environmental justice.
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Press Release Hands Off Public Lands: Parks Group Decries Proposed Rollback of Roadless Rule "This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development” -- NPCA Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation Beau Kiklis
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Press Release Shuttered Visitor Centers, Closed Campgrounds, Slower Emergency Response: Staffing Crisis Hits National Parks Nationwide “Losing a quarter of the Park Service’s permanent workforce has made it nearly impossible for some parks to operate safely or effectively. And sadly, this is just the beginning." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Magazine Article Life & Death in Bears Ears The national monument had been a source of inspiration over the years. After I lost my father, it called to me more urgently than ever.
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Magazine Article My Own Private Denali With most of the Alaska park closed to traffic, I heeded the call to explore the deserted backcountry.
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Magazine Article Niobrara River Dreams A writer explores one of America’s wildest grassland corridors.
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Magazine Article Mollusks on the Move To help save the endangered black abalone, scientists are relocating some of the marine snails from the Channel Islands to the coast of mainland California.
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Magazine Article Founding Father Closed for years, Carter G. Woodson's home is scheduled to reopen in 2026, the centennial of Black History Month.
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Magazine Article Insect Informants Studies in Joshua Tree, Yellowstone and Great Smoky Mountains suggest that flies could help solve murders and identify new species.
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Magazine Article The Cave Doctor When delicate cave formations are damaged, Carlsbad Caverns National Park calls on the fix-it skills of Michael Mansur and his growing legion of volunteers.
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Magazine Article A Light in the Dark Four years after starting a true crime park podcast, two friends continue to swap tales and find joy in the community they’ve built.
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Magazine Article Free As a Bird? A trio of ostriches went on a field trip to Death Valley. Wrangling ensued.
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Blog Post 3 Competing Visions for the Future of Our National Parks Do you know what’s behind doors 1, 2 and 3? It’s not one-size-fits-all when gambling with the future of our National Park System. We outline the differences in three potential park budgets.
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Press Release Parks Group Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit to Protect Chuckwalla National Monument "Chuckwalla National Monument is beloved, broadly supported across the political spectrum, and fundamental to our shared history. We must defend it fiercely, ensuring that future generations can connect with and cherish this extraordinary landscape." — Chance Wilcox, NPCA's California Desert Program Manager
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Blog Post Our National Parks Are at a Crossroads The landmark Great American Outdoors Act funded more than 600 long-overdue repair projects in national parks. Continued investment is needed to finish the rest.
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Blog Post 10 Owls to Look (and Listen) for in National Parks Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles of these elusive birds, which have been both revered and feared throughout human history.
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Blog Post ‘Protect Every Park’ Report: National Park Service’s Mission Is in Jeopardy After months of attacks by the Trump administration, here’s the state of affairs at national parks and what NPCA says Congress must do — now — to save our National Park System.
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Blog Post What We’ve Lost on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim Places like Grand Canyon Lodge aren’t just buildings. They hold pieces of our collective stories, where generations have gathered.
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Blog Post 80 Years Since the Bombings of Japan The Manhattan Project culminated in the dropping of atomic weapons on Japan by the U.S. in early August 1945, a move that ended World War II. A national park site in three time zones tells the complex story of this pivotal time in human history.
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Press Release Senate Committee Moves Bill to Protect National Park Staffing and Funding "The Senate Appropriations Committee is sending a clear message: our parks and the people who steward them are not expendable." - John Garder, NPCA's Senior Director of Budget and Appropriations
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